Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-23

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| "huopr tho war taxes which are now IN iogcs
80 o. ' ~, mon tobacco. both domestic and
| forcIgn unor spirits and beer. BON uo'ncsuv
and foreign. and upon imported sugar. an OF
there combined barely sunico 10 l'loos ~ y
nuai charge for the cost OF inc "H'' wiz" "
| still upon us.
| "For these aud other reasons We believe
! that II f. expedient TO MAINTAIN NIX, oolh
| upon The domestic production ana ioro'sn 'Hi'
| poit Of tobacco" >,
tbis is the later record of the ma
tional Democracy now IN power upon
the question OF repeal OF the internal
revenue system. But it must not be
FORGOTTEN that the Democratic party
which for ten years, save for the term
of the Fortv-seventh Congress, con
trolled tie House OF Representatives,
where alone any measure for the repeal
| or reduction OF these taxes could DE
initiated, failed to act on the subject,
and that it was by the Forty seventh
Congress Republican, that taxes were
reduced full $50, 0G0, 600 and the tax on
tobacco was reduced from sixteen to
| eight cents.
| REPUBLICANIsM AND INTERNAL REVENUE.
Yet the leaders and managers OF the
Temocratic party in Virginia would
delude the people into the belief that re-
peal of that system may now be accom-
plished by the Democratic party. In
1884 such pretence was successfully
used by several Democratic candidates
for Congress. The plea was that they
needed the presidency to secure the
repeal of the system, and the people
we're thus deluded into their support.
In 1856 the promise OF this repeal was
as vchemently made as in 1891 by sew
eral Democratic candidates for Con
eress, but the people could no longer
he deceived. The record OF the
Democratic Administration and OF the
national Democracy against the repeal
Of the internal-revenua system was
stronger than any as5everation of the
principles of It's minority, and the re-
| suit was the defeat Of such candidates.
1t remains now to be tested whether
the same hollow pretenccs can be used
| in 1857 by the Democratic leaders with
| any more success than attended them
in 1886.
We declare to you that, at the mo-
lnent the Republican party lost the con-
hol of the Government, it w.s pre-
pared to act on this subject; that
President Arthur had urged the repeal
Of the tobaccO.taX, and a Democratic
house, with the Republican Senate
rcady and anxious to reduce taxes, de-
clined to proceed that the Republican
party is now practically united in favor
Of the repeal of the tax on tobacco and
| fmit Oscillations; and that if restored
10 power it will remove the burden
which these domestic products have 50
long endured.
We assert to you that the De-
mocratc panty, by an overwhelming
majority III Congress, IL opposed
to the repeal Of the intcrnal-rcve-
uue system, rs is shown by It's re-
cord, and the declaration Of its leading
and controlling men, from President
Cleveland down. We appeal to you, If
ycu favor the repeal If that system, 10
support Republican candidates for the
l. legislature, and not TO waste your votes
On Democratic candidates whose fac
ton, favoring repeal Of these taxes. Is
in hopeless minority OF It's own IA
tional party.
TIE TARIFF.
7Hir6. As to the tariff. The plat
form of the Roanoke convention in this
respect is ut variance with the record OF
the national Democratic party. II
traverscs the national platform Of the
party. the recommendation of the
President, and the propositions of its
controlling faction in Congress. The
Roanoke platform declares in favor of
revenue derived from a tariff on i'm
ports. and in favor of repeal of the
intcinal-rcvenuc system while the re-
cord of the Democratic party OF this
country consistently and unwayerlngly
shows that the reverse is the Demo
cratic doctrine. The Democratic view
| is areduction OF import duties TO virtual
free trade, and the maintenance Of the
! intcrnal-reyenue system rs Il means OF
compelling the adoption OF that I'M
American policy; and We arraign the
Roanoke platform as misleading and
seeking to deceive the people OF Viz
| GINA upon IL question vital to their
every interest and to the progress and
power of the State.
1t remains to he seen. fellOw-citizens,
whether you will become the dupes OF
protences which have made the authors
| of this platform the laughing stock of
the leading journals of their own party.
| The Washington POst and the New
| York II,orld-two Of the most infiu-
| entail Democratic journals of America
have declared boldly and openly that
The blanks Of the Roanoke platform
upon the internal revenue and tariff are
diametrically opposed to Democratic
principles; and ali over the West.
North, and East, from st. Louis and
Louisville to Boston and Bangor, the
orthodox organs Of the Democracy have
united in deridinG and denouncing this
platform and its trainers.
PUBLIC DEBT.
F0,uth. As to the public debt. For
eight years, from 1871 to 1879, the
leaders Of the Virginia Democracy
were in undisputed control of the adj
ministration of the State government.
During that period they gave the peo-
pie no ineligible statement OF the
debt, but. on the contrary, produced
divers irreconcilable and conflicting
statements, only tending to make CON
| fusion worse COMPOUNDED. They for
INFLATED TO plan for adjusting the equi-
ties between the several classes OF tn
creditors OF the State, and finally lost
power by the passage of a stupid and
odious measure known as the McCui-
loch bill, which satisfied neither debtor
nor creditor.
In 1881 our party was called to full
power by the people, and within sixty
Gays after the meeting of the Legisla-
ture prepared, presented, and passed a
measure which set forth the amount OF